Oxendine, Lowry: Lumbee or No?
Friday from the Archives: “Finding the Forsaken: Lumbee Identity in Charles Chesnutt’s Mandy Oxendine” an essay by Erica Abrams Locklear from NCLR 22 (2013)
From The Archives
Each Friday, NCLR will post content from past issues. All past issues are currently available for purchase. Or check your library’s digital collections to read the full piece.
Native Literature from before America
Friday from the Archives: “She Said That Saint Augustine is Worth Nothing Compared to Her Homeland: Teresa Martín and the Méndez Cancio Account of La Tama (1600)” an essay by Melissa D. Birkhofer and Paul M. Worley from NCLR 32 (2023)
“Summer Night” at Weymouth Center
Friday from the Archives: Two poems accompanying “Weymouth: A Writer’s Place—From Thomas Wolfe to Tom Wolfe” by Bertie E. Fearing from NCLR 3 (1994)
NCLR enjoyed attending the biannual North Carolina Literary Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony last month, held at the beautiful Weymouth Center for the Arts and Humanities in Southern Pines.
Ovid Pierce ECU’s First Writer-in-Residence
“From “Gub’ner Green” to The Story of Cabbage Green: An Appreciation of the Writings of Ovid Williams Pierce, First Writer-in-Residence at East Carolina University” by Douglas J. McMillan from NCLR 16 (2007)
The Gift of Paul Green
Friday from the Archives: “Paul Green: A Professor of the Practice of Playwriting” an essay by Georgann Eubanks from NCLR 31 (2022)
Get Ready for Green Fest
Friday from the Archives: “Get Ready for Green Fest”: a look back at a Paul Green essay in the 2012 issue’s feature of NC Literature into Film, in anticipation of an upcoming NCLR event
Proving Faith with Snakes
Friday from the Archives: “Blind Faith” by David McGuirt from NCLR 19 (2010) By Kenly Corya, Editorial Assistant As Appalachia recovers from a catastrophic hurricane,… Read More »Proving Faith with Snakes
Grieving Garden
Friday from the Archives: “How Does Your Garden Grieve?” by Martin K. Smith from NCLR 10 (2001) By Kenly Corya, Editorial Assistant “There was once… Read More »Grieving Garden
Hunting the Monster of Slavery
Friday from the Archives from Senior Editorial Assistant Amber Knox: “Aun’ Peggy: Charles Chesnutt’s Vampire Slayer?” an essay by Trudier Harris from NCLR 2019
King Mackerel Keeps Running
Friday from the Archives: “King Mackerel and the Blues Are Running” a song by Bland Simpson and Jim Wann introduced by Jerry Leath Mills from NCLR 14 (2005)